Hello all,I would like to share my Cherry experience with those possibly interested in programmable keyboards. In order to use the spare keys available in the keyboard with XyWrite, one needs a unique (not used) XyWrite key table (.KBD file) number attached to an available Cherry scan code. Testing procedure: write tentative scan codes to keyboard using the Cherry Designer utility, use a test.kbd file to discover what numbers they render (available at http://xywrite.com/ttg/misc/misc.htm). First, the hardware programming of the Cherry keyboard is simple and speedy, much better than that of Avant. The customer support is really fast. I had an answer to my question about F13-F22 scan codes in about 10 minutes. I have experimented with the keyboard and XyWrite, and here are the results:
Cherry scan codes ================= as supplied by official Cherry support XY KEY HEX -------------------- 100 F13 0x5d 101 F14 0x5e 102 F15 0x5f 103 F16 0x65 104 F17 0x66 105 F18 0x6D 106 F19 0x6F 107 F20 0x71 108 F21 0x67 109 F22 0x68 110 F23 0x69 118 F24 0x6b 100-104 already defined in Xy key file, cannot be used! 105-118 not defined in Xy key file, usable as spare keys! 105 is assigned to mouse in Xy4, but it can be relocated. Cherry scan codes usable in Xy3+/Xy4 and NB =========================================== as discovered by trial-and-error XY KEY HEX Suggested Cherry location (see attached picture) ------------------------------------------------- 86 < EU 0x56 F3 89 Undef 0x59 F4 105 F18 0x6D F5 106 F19 0x6F F6 107 F20 0x71 F7 108 F21 0x67 F8 109 F22 0x68 F9 110 F23 0x69 F10 118 F24 0x6b F11 119 Select 0x77 PrtSc 120 Stop 0x78 ScrollL 126 Find 0x7e PauseN.B. Change the ’number of keys’ of the kbd file accordingly (126-127), and in Xy4, change mouse to 127. Key 86 is European <, not present in US keyboards. Key 89 is undefined. Keys 119, 120, and 126 are present in Unix keyboards. P.S. It seems that the Cherry scan codes have changed over time, and there are no universal scan codes for F13-F22. E.g. These Cherry scan codes are different from MS scan code specification for keyboard manufacturers published in 2000 (Keyboard Scan Code Specification. Revision 1.3a ’ March 16, 2000).
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